Aircraft Crash Sites at Sea – Wessex Archeology

Here are the project pages from Wessex Archeology.

http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/about-the-project/

Regards
Ross

So MB were telling porkies when Lynch/Hayes et al survived being ejected from the two Meteor trial aircraft.

Rather a sweeping statement to say everyone could not eject safely Victor 45.

Most aircraft suffered some fatalities due to incorrect ejection seperation during their operational life.

Ross

Hi Peter,

A bit old news (it was briefly mentioned on this forum) and a large bit of new news in that it has an identity.

http://www.naxosdiving.com/content/view/65/109/lang,en/

Go to wrecks in the menu bar, the beaufighter and finally documentation.

Regards
Ross

Cheers for the Anson piccy.

Pity Hendon have arranged the Port side against the wall. That is the side that has the fabric removed allowing the internal structure and crew positions to be seen. When the fuselage was next to the Halifax it was the port side that faced the walkway.

The current display view is inferior in my opinion.

Regards
Ross

Yes David,

HMS Campania in the Forth. First RN carrier able to launch 10 sopwith pups while underway.

Need to be in the company of the licence holder and viz usually poor to bad.

http://www.divebunker.co.uk/dive_site_pages/hms_campania.htm

Regards
Ross

I was outside the local RAFA club as part of a display for the public associated with the Wings Collection.

The local council had roped off a section of the town centre carpark and donated it, and a warden, free of charge for all of Saturday.

On display for the kids and adults to look at and climb over were an Austin Fire Engine from Rover Works, 1944 Matador Refueller, Canberra PR.9 nose, Anson nose and a selection of vintage motorbikes and cars.

All are owned by local enthusiasts and attendance was donated to the RAFA club. This collection in the busy town centre provides quite an attraction with display boards showing the reason and use of the Wings fund.

Just a local event from the local RAFA club giving visual and tactile display for Battle of Britain Day.

Hi David,

I’ve got to pick you up on the “fizzing like an asprin” comment.

I was a dive instructor and took quite a few trainee divers round the Viscount and Wessex in Stoney Cove. Both are in excellent structural condition and quite comparable with neglected long term external exhibits in shore collections.

In fresh water, at shallow depth the chemical leaching does not seem to have taken hold so fast as compared to other deep wrecks.

Up until a few months ago I would have agreed from my experience that nothing in salt water round the shores of the UK is worth recovering but it appears that we have one wreck of Norwegian fjord style preservation.

With this in mind I now have to qualify “nothing” to “most” and say that underwater aircraft wrecks do tend to decay slower than those above water given a similar maintenance routine.

Regards
Ross

From what I can gather it’s more engine runs and a possible trot down part of the runway.

More definite on the former.

Regards
Ross